Is it technically a crime to offer a job to someone who is *not* a federal employee to drop out of a race?
What does the law say?
Yes. I wondered that before when Sestak hit the news (even though he is a sitting member in the house). And apparently it is illegal to offer gov’t jobs to people in order to influence an election.
Basically this is a law because they don’t want the party in power using gov’t jobs to allow the party to run people unopposed in the primary. So that way they won’t spend money in the primary and create an internal feud within the party...instead all the money goes to fund their “annoited” pick. It’s actually a very good law to have on the books—I’m surprised it exists.
The rats must have passed it when the white house was in control by Republicans and they wanted to not allow them to use the gov’t jobs in the same way they have always done. But now they forget about that law when they are back in power.
Oh yes it is. It’s a federal crime, and a federal crime is impeachable.
Crimes and Criminal Procedure - 18 USC Section 600
Sec. 600. Promise of employment or other benefit for political activity
Whoever, directly or indirectly, promises any employment, position, compensation, contract, appointment, or other benefit, provided for or made possible in whole or in part by any Act of Congress, or any special consideration in obtaining any such benefit, to any person as consideration, favor, or reward for any political activity or for the support of or opposition to any candidate or any political party in connection with any general or special election to any political office, or in connection with any primary election or political convention or caucus held to select candidates for any political office, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
Yes, yes, YES, a thousand times, YES, it is a FELONY. It’s called BRIBERY, and TAMPERING WITH AN ELECTION, and it is a VERY SERIOUS CRIME.
If Obama knew, or should have known, he needs to be impeached NOW. WHATDIDHEKNOWANDWHENDIDHEKNOWIT?????